I'd add:
1974I saw Nick DrakeSometimes a BlondeWe're Gonna Live in the TreesSolpadeine
Brendan Benson producing right?
― JoeStork, Friday, 3 February 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
oh ha, you're right! brendans!
― tylerw, Friday, 3 February 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
1974 is my favorite Star for Bram song. Star for Bram is really strong though, I consider it the equal of Jewels for Sophia barring a couple of throwaways
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Friday, 3 February 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
Daisy Bomb is my Star For Bram tune. The studio version of 1974 irks me.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 3 February 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
nietzsche's way is great, too ... was always a little let down by the studio "nick drake" -- i saw him do it at one point w/ Jon Brion on keys and it was incredible.
― tylerw, Friday, 3 February 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link
Yes I liked I saw nick drake better live, especially a very slow solo acoustic one
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Friday, 3 February 2017 21:37 (seven years ago) link
Not my favorite era for Hitch but where's "Cheese Alarm"?
― kwhitehead, Saturday, 4 February 2017 01:54 (seven years ago) link
Part of the challenge and fun of making best of's is setting a limit. I mean, I usually listen to full albums but artists with huge catalogs often benefit from a less-is-more approach. So 20 tracks or 80 minutes works well and forces me to really pick the cream of the crop. I've really enjoyed listening to Robyn's best work and bypassing the bad, merely good and failed experiments.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 4 February 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
at one point I made a hitchcock playlist and it had like hundreds of songs on it and was 4 hours long at least. his catalogue is just so vast at this point.
― akm, Sunday, 5 February 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
I have two Robyn best of playlists on Spotify, one super concise one where each album gets only one or two tracks, and one big baggy one where you get several tracks per album (both are titled Verities & Verdigris). The shitty thing there was that the A&M era is not on Spotify except for the Greatest Hits cd, so a bunch of my favorite globe/queen/Perspex/respect tracks couldn't be included.
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 5 February 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
second single from this new record is a damp squib, too. Kinda bummed.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 27 February 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link
oh nooooo really?
seeing the Black Snake show with Yo La Tengo tomorrow night
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Monday, 27 February 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
i dunno, gotta listen to it a bit more, but it sounded good
― tylerw, Monday, 27 February 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link
I'm jealous Jon! Couldn't justify the trip, no matter how much I wanted it. If there's some goofy march thing you could pick one up for me. :)
Here's the new tune. The nicest thing I can say is it's overly familiar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW6scypUj1M
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 27 February 2017 21:50 (seven years ago) link
dang yeah that Black Snake show is going to be funnnnnnn
― tylerw, Monday, 27 February 2017 21:52 (seven years ago) link
i actually blew it when they announced the second show because i was in minnesota at my mom's and by the time i got home and remembered to buy a ticket it'd sold out too. But I asked my buddy if he had any juice at rough trade store and to my relief he had juice at rough trade store and got our names on the list.
i hope this isn't the last time seeing him in front of an electric band.
ROCK ARMADA '99 FOREVAH
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Monday, 27 February 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
Those Rock Armada shows were the best.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 27 February 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link
So EZ they just have cd and 7" versions of the Robyn & Emma single and some black snake diamond role shirts and posters Not the esoterica you would want I assume(Show has not started yet)
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 01:26 (seven years ago) link
Wow that second set!Can I just--Wey wey hep uh holeIt's a mystic trip (w pedal-enabled backward guitar from ira)All I want to do is fall in love I got a message for youA skull a suitcase and a long red bottle of wineGoing down to Liverpool (!)Run run run (ira ostrich solo)Sleeping knights of Jesus (4 part harmonies!)Kingdom of loveHe's a reptile (hard and tight as fuck)Rock n roll toilet (w YLT playing the wrong instruments)Lucifer SamAirscape (w backward ira guitar and Georgia singing the harmonies -- omg)
I may have gotten the exact sequence wrong and or left something out
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 14:23 (seven years ago) link
Yow that looks amazing -- hoping someone was on hand to tape it all...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 14:25 (seven years ago) link
He indicated that the second set was selected by YLT to his surprise and or chagrin on certain items, ha. And that the second set tonight at Bowery would be different.
First set (black snake lp):
Man who invented himself -- rhythm guitar takes piano part, a guy plays the redacted sax melody on trumpet
Do policemen sing was SO GOOD, super hard and brusque with mcnew and Kaplan doing the high backing vocals
I watch the cars was really fast and charging w the muted rhythm chords super brutal
The lizard was perfect
Love was so beautiful and I gotta think this is the first time he's every played it live? (Likewise policemen)
I forgot to say he's playing a strat now wtf when did that start???? And switched to playing with his fingers on a bunch of tracks, notably skull/suitcase and run run run
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 14:39 (seven years ago) link
sweet, thank you for the report! "Airscape" with Georgia is definitely a dream come true ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link
I've never heard him with a female singer doing the Morris harmonies. God damn it was good.
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
That sounds amazing Jon. So glad you got to see it.
And yeah, that merch is BORING.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
wish i was going to tonight's show too!
BTW merch table was run by small blonde with Aus accent, I assume this is Emma Swift. Thought that would mean she would sing on something but didn't happen. RH did dedicate Airscape to her.
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
That's sweet.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Robyn's catalog is littered with songs to his ex's. I wonder what happened to Michelle.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Ahem one L
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:30 (seven years ago) link
Wow that second set!Can I just--― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, March 1, 2017 6:23 AM (five hours ago)
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, March 1, 2017 6:23 AM (five hours ago)
damn, that sounds more than slightly incredible. where is the skulking bootlegger when you need him?
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
think that nyc taper was hoping to record at least one of these shows ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
ha, was hoping to hear from you, tyler
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link
i assume these will turn up on archive.org if anyone tapes them (though... does YLT have the same laissez-faire as robyn to live recording sharing...?)
hi contendo!
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
ylt is generally taper friendly, but sometimes it seems like they're not into "special" shows being shared ... but i imagine they'd defer to robyn in this case.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
howdy, jon!
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
...well it's up on dime now.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 22:24 (seven years ago) link
is dime still a private club?
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
i think they have open registrations. anyway probably not long before it shows up on archive or whatever for anyone who doesn't want to register for an account.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 23:03 (seven years ago) link
ysi?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
I'll bet tonight's show will be even better, there were some minor spills last night
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
Though rough trade strikes me as a better room to record from the audience in than Bowery
any intel on last night's show?
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 March 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
I was at the show. Tremendous. I was struck how Ira ended up being Hitch's perfect foil on guitar. He really brought home the noisey bits. The entire band was completely up for the task. Highlights included a triplpy version of Lizard, great falsetto vocals and heavy groove on Do Policemen Sing? and a jaw-dropping version late in the second set of Let There Be More Darkness with Hitch nailing the creepy "Kevin, Supper's Ready!" bit. No Lucifer Sam encore but we also got "I often Dream of Trains, which is always a treat. I'd love to hear a recording of the show. It was a special night.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
Noooooo they did let there be more darkness??? Fuuuuuuuuck
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
ha, that must be a first? man, Invisible Hitchcock is such a good collection.
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
This might be hyperbole on my part but I think I'd give Tuesday's whole show for that
― Cognition (Remix) (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:11 (seven years ago) link
Many years ago I saw Hitch play it solo. But this was a different beast altogether.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 2 March 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
New album strikes me as one of the best things he's done in years. Also, I didn't know about his father, and am now noticing references to him all over the place. Virginia Wolf is the early favorite, but a bunch of strong and rocking stuff on this one.
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
Is his latest the one that starts with that Psych Furs cover? Ghost in You that's it. If so I wasn't too into it. Also had a new take of his old classic The Ghost Ship. Seems to be short on material. Anyway, love him as a human regardless. And am positively nuts for The Soft Boys. A longtime intense favorite of mine. Up there with The Fall and Pere Ubu in my personal pantheon. And the origin of my convoluted screen name. A Can of Bees being my favorite lp of theirs. But really I dig it all.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Monday, 24 April 2017 01:28 (six years ago) link
No, there's a new one that just came out. Released as Robyn Hitchcock. Much more like his older days.
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
Let's see if I can do this without screwing up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R843CEIBntQ
― dlp9001, Monday, 24 April 2017 01:58 (six years ago) link